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“Fear Fokol” Looks Inside the Private-Security Forces That Patrol Johannesburg

New Yorker Culture 07 October 2026 20h ago
“Fear Fokol” Looks Inside the Private-Security Forces That Patrol Johannesburg
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The patrolmen hired to protect the city’s wealth operate in a culture of paranoia, inequality, and fragile but well-armed masculinity.
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